Tarshish Jones Missouri Cases

Tarshish Jones, an African-American firefighter, sued the City of Kansas City for race discrimination under the MHRA, alleging he was unfairly denied promotion to captain due to a biased scoring process. A jury found in favor of Jones, awarding damages and attorneys' fees. The appellate court affirmed the trial court's judgment, rejecting the City's arguments regarding the timeliness of Jones's administrative complaint, the admissibility and exclusion of expert testimony, and the calculation of attorneys' fees against a sovereign entity. The case was remanded solely for the determination of additional attorneys' fees incurred on appeal and post-judgment.